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“You’re wilding for coming at him like that. Even if you did think he did it, you don’t let it be known all out in public like that. You’re gonna be the wife of a boss. I know you were all emotional and shit, but never let anyone besides me see you sweat. If something goes down outside of our house, you come home and vent about that shit to me. When you’re out in the streets hold your head up high and show them motherfuckers that you’ve got your shit together.”
“I’ll talk to him about it soon,” Lawrynn said. “With us about to married, I don’t want to bring any more bad energy into our marriage. It seems like everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and we just started this relationship,” she told him.
Murder thought about what Lawrynn said, and she was definitely right about not bringing any bad energy into the marriage. He wanted her to be happy and shit. There wasn’t any room for anything that takes her happiness away.
“That’s all the more reason for you to go talk to Nikki. You don’t have to forgive her unless that’s truly what you want to do. I’ll be right there with you to get all the loose ends tied up before the wedding. I promise you that,” Murder told her.
“Thank you for being here with me. I know my family is crazy enough to make you wanna run away,” she said with a giggle.
“Nah, not me. I’m not going any damn where. I do know that I don’t want you going to see Nikki by yourself. Take Nell with you when you go,” he told her and finished off the conversation with a kiss.
7
Allen walked in the house to see Nell sitting on the couch in the dark. He tossed his keys on the coffee table and got down on his knees in front of her. This is the one thing he couldn’t deal with, which was seeing her cry. He knew he had to be there for her, but right now, all he wanted to do was kill the person responsible for her tears and for Murder getting shot. He had checked around, and sure enough, the word on the street was that Laura was the one behind the gun.
“It could’ve been you,” Nell said barely above a whisper.
Allen remained quiet because he d
idn’t want to lie to her and say nothing would happen to him. Telling her that everything was going to be alright would’ve been an even worse lie. Nothing was going to get better. The shit was about to hit the fan, and Nell would have a lot more tears to shed.
“I’ll always do whatever I can to protect you from any harm. I’m not just talking about the physical either. You are my responsibility, and anybody can get it behind you. I was wondering when you were going to stop walking around here like everything was alright. You don’t ever have to front with me, Nell. You should know that by now. I’ll always be here,” he said as he wiped her face.
Her eyes were bloodshot, which made him wonder if she had been crying all day. Being that he was busy handling shit that Murder couldn’t handle, he only had time to text her between his pick-ups and drop-offs. Now, he regretted only texting because if he would’ve talked to her, he would’ve known to stop by to check on her in person.
“I never want to see you like that. Promise that you will at least wear a bulletproof vest or something. I know that you’re not able to get out just like that, but please think about it. I’m scared that if you stay in, I’ll die from worrying about you before you really get hurt. This was a wakeup call for me. I’m mean, we were all happy and ready to hear Murder propose to my cousin, and just like that, it all changed. The people running around and the pain in Lawrynn’s voice are all I can hear, even when I’m here alone,” she said as she sniffled.
“Why are you just telling me this? That was days ago. Have you been able to get any sleep? Did you eat?” Allen asked all at once. Now, he was really on high alert.
“I remember eating last night. I don’t have an appetite. I didn’t tell you because I knew you were out there trying to find out who shot Murder and why. As for sleeping, all I do is toss and turn,” Nell said.
“Okay, so check this out. We’re gonna go get something to eat. After that, you’re gonna come home, take a bath, and let me hold you for the next forty-eight hours,” he told her.
“No, Allen, you have more important things to handle,” Nell tried to tell him.
“Ain’t shit in these streets more important than you. If you hurt, I’m hurt. If you cry, then I’m gonna make somebody pay for those tears. Now, get up and go get ready,” he said and kissed her on her forehead.
“Really, just a damn forehead kiss?” Nell asked while trying to force a smile.
“Right now, that’s all you’re getting from me. I know if you haven’t eaten then you haven’t washed your ass either. You need to go handle that,” he said with a smirk.
“Shut up. You get on my damn nerves. I did wash my ass today, thank you very much. I should’ve known you were gonna say something crazy sooner or later,” Nell said and giggled as she stood up.
“You know I had to get a smile up out of you some kind of way. I can’t handle all that sad shit, especially when it’s coming from you.”
Nell gave Allen the finger and walked toward the bedroom to get ready. Allen used that time to call Murder.
“Yo,” Murder answered.
“I’ve been checking around and shit, and it looks like what you saw was really what you saw. The problem is, I can’t find the bitch,” Allen said.
“It’s all good. The bitch gotta surface sooner or later. Law-Baby put two and two together, and she knows,” Murder revealed.
“Shit, what are you gonna do?” Allen asked.
“Right now, just wait ’til she shows her damn face. Has Nell talked to her punk ass pops yet?”
“Not that I know of. I’ll ask her when we go eat in a few. I came home, and she finally broke. She was in here sitting in the dark crying and shit. Just seeing her cry made me wanna shoot Laura my damn self,” Allen said.
